My idea of “fun” lately has been to repurpose an old Mac G3 tower I bought for $5 more than three years ago into a Linux server.
It’s been a valuable learning experience. The scary part is I’m actually enjoying the command line. I’m considering dropping a GUI interface on top to use from time to time.
It’s fitting in nicely to our all-Mac home network. Well for me it’s fitting in nicely. I don’t think the rest of the family gives a flying FTP. I still haven’t decided exactly what I’m going to use it for beyond a dev box for some of the web stuff I’m doing. I’ve read a little about using it as a media server (iPhoto and iTunes primarily). I don’t really need it as a backup solution.
But it’s been a lot of fun dusting it off and taking it for a test run.
What’s up next? Playing with Virtual Box, free from Oracle, and creating multiple VMSs. I’ve got a WindowsXP VM set up that’s not screaming, but actually has been useful in testing various browsers.
Yes, I’m letting my geek flag fly.
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